Feature selection using particle swarm optimization with application in spam filtering

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 423-432

  Chih Chin, Lai ^a   Chih Hung, Wu ^a   Ming Chi, Tsai ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Feature selection; Particle swam optimization; Spam filtering

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349098485     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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